GuyotLeonF@aol.com wrote:
> Richard,yes it was the same RR engined Messerschmit Bf109 that was we enjoyed
> watching at the TSSC Duxford show last Sunday,5th October 1997.
Leon,
I don't know which Bf109 you saw at Duxford, (I never got there - it's a
long story), but Black 6 was the aircraft which crashed, which was significant
for
being the only flyable 109 with the original Daimler Benz DB605 engine fitted.
ALL
of the other flying 109s are post war Spanish built "Buchon" variants, most
being
powered by RR Merlin engines, though I believe there is one which has been
"retro-fitted" with the correct engine. The RR engined aircraft have a totally
different frontal look because the cowlings were changed to accomodate the
upright
V12 of the Merlin - the DB605 was an inverted Vee.
Even more significantly, Black 6 "was" the only airworthy WW2 Luftwaffe
aircraft anywhere in the world!
Sorry to be such a trainspotter, but you know what I'm like with
Heralds,
Cheers,
Bill.
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